Re: Pre-dial terminal screen

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In news:7D9BC00F-0FF3-4D3E-9C12-3E297BB96CAB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
colin <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I access my isp through a dial up connection. When I click
> send/receive I get a predial terminal screen & can only proceed by
> clicking 'Continue'. If the line is busy my computer tries to redial
> but again stops at the pre-dial terminal screen.
> How do I get rid if this screen?
> It never used to happen & I assume that somehow somewhere I have
> clicked on something to activate it, but am unable to find where.
> I am running windows XP service pak 2, & outlook 2000 SP-3

Click Start
Settings
Control Panel
Classic View (if not already enabled)
Network Connections
Find and right click on your dialup connection
Select properties
Click Options tab
Untick the following:

Prompt for name...
Prompt for phone...

(You can leave the show progress enabled if you'd like.)

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes


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